# Fundraise Up vs iDonate.ie

## What the data says.

Paying by Credit card, iDonate.ie delivers about 4.30 more of every 100 donated than Fundraise Up (€97.80 vs £93.50 per 100). iDonate.ie stores donor data inside the EEA — a practical advantage for GDPR-sensitive campaigns — while Fundraise Up does not.

## Side-by-side.

| Metric | Fundraise Up | iDonate.ie |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recipient gets | £93.50 | €97.80 |
| Platform fee | 4% | 0% |
| Payment processing fee | 2.2% + £0.30 | 1.95% + €0.25 |
| Trustpilot | — (0) | 4.9 (494) |
| Domain Rating (by Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/) | 72 | 78 |
| Country coverage | 46 | 1 |
| Data residency | US | EEA |
| Languages | 18 | 1 |
| Payment methods supported | 12 | 4 |

## Choose Fundraise Up if

> Mid-size and large nonprofits running international online fundraising that want to maximize donation conversion with modern wallets, local payment rails, and multi-currency checkout.

- Conversion-optimized donation checkout adapted from e-commerce best practices.
- Broad payment support: cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, Venmo, bank debits, and cryptocurrency.
- International, multi-currency checkout with local bank-debit rails (SEPA, BACS, BECS, iDEAL).
- Used by large global nonprofits, signalling enterprise-grade reliability.


## Choose iDonate.ie if

> Irish charities, clubs, schools, and community causes that want low transaction-only fees and a broad set of fundraising tools, including donation pages, crowdfunders, raffles, and events.

- 0% platform fee with a transaction-only cost of 1.95% + EUR0.25 per donation.
- No setup or monthly fees.
- Donor-covers-the-fee option can reduce the net deduction for causes.
- Broad fundraising toolkit: donation pages, crowdfunders, raffles, and event fundraising.